Renderosity is pleased to announce Tuesday, June 18 the acquisition of Poser, 3D Character Art and Animation Software. Renderosity began as a place for Poser users to build a community around their shared interest in digital art. Now Renderosity has become the place for Poser.

Smith Micro Press Release

Renderosity Announcment

congrats to Renderosity.

wonder where the journey will take us now... :-)

Well this is definitely exciting news! I have high hopes for this.

I do too!!! Maybe the old team will get back to doing what they do best!

Yep, Poser is now in the hands of someone who actually cares about it. Definitely a good thing.

Wow! Cool!

Wait, what?

Holy crap...

Is there any chance that the Poser Forum on SmithMicro can be preserved? There's a huge amount of really helpful information on there regarding Poser and it would be a terrible shame if that went the same way as the contents of the RDNA Forums.

gwhicks posted at 10:09AM Thu, 20 June 2019 - #4353610

Is there any chance that the Poser Forum on SmithMicro can be preserved? There's a huge amount of really helpful information on there regarding Poser and it would be a terrible shame if that went the same way as the contents of the RDNA Forums.

This was my thought. who do we talk to to get this done?

Whaw, talking about NEWS. I was already a member here when it was still the BLUE site. Oh, I must be becoming an old timer fast.

Correct on the above remarks. First RDNA closed off, and a lot of technical information was lost when that was sold. Now all the latest technical info is on the SM forum.

But there is more to be taken care off. The Mantis reporting content, the current beta-testers and their long time technical knowledge, the pgportal for licences, it is going to be a lot of work for Renderosity to merge all of it for a restart.

Best wishes, and all the best for the Poser future.

I am very excited about this! Great News!

again: It does make sense and maybe should have happened much earlier, but I hope Rendo won't become a Poser only community.

@ Timberwolf, We will continue our support for Daz Studio and Daz Studio content as we have before. Daz users are still an important part of our community.

wheatpenny posted at 5:56PM Thu, 20 June 2019 - #4353629

@ Timberwolf, We will continue our support for Daz Studio and Daz Studio content as we have before. Daz users are still an important part of our community.

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Congrats, folks. This really is great news.

Well, guess that ends the Poser Content Directory.

This is very interesting news.

EClark: why would this end it? It's still a useful resource, and with Rosity now behind Poser, you might see even more vendors. Not sure I'm understanding the issue here.

as someone that has been here since day 1, this is extremely exciting. I have stopped using Poser and moved to DS, but this gives me hope Poser will get the enhancements needed. I like Poser a lot overall, and really want it to succeed.

Why is there no fireworks on the main page about this acquisition. its pretty low key overall

SeanMartin posted at 1:06PM Thu, 20 June 2019 - #4353645

EClark: why would this end it? It's still a useful resource, and with Rosity now behind Poser, you might see even more vendors. Not sure I'm understanding the issue here.

Because if Renderosity is going to support both Poser and Studio, it can't and probably shouldn't show favoritism to one software over the other. The 3D Content Directory is Poser--centric. Under Smith Micro Poser-centric was fine. Under Rendo, I think they're going to want to bring the band (community) back together. Nothing wrong with that, in fact I'm all for it. I just don't see it happening.

Btw, what is this... five or six times Poser's been sold? I've lost count.

while I am a daz user I look forward to seeing the further development of Poser. I would hate to see Daz without competition....

So what does this mean for poser 12? Is the dev team being retained or is this a start over from scratch situation?

Congratulations! The team at Meshbox Design agree that this was both predictable and desirable for the future of Poser ?

wheatpenny posted at 10:58AM Thu, 20 June 2019 - #4353629

@ Timberwolf, We will continue our support for Daz Studio and Daz Studio content as we have before. Daz users are still an important part of our community.

Thank you, that means allot. Congratulations to 'Rosity for this amazing acquisition. Maybe now, wishful thinking I guess, that perhaps proper code can happen to get the newer DS native figures into Poser?? In any case happy for the community! PEACE!

I'm positive about this :)

RAMWolff posted at 2:50PM Thu, 20 June 2019 - #4353669

wheatpenny posted at 10:58AM Thu, 20 June 2019 - #4353629

@ Timberwolf, We will continue our support for Daz Studio and Daz Studio content as we have before. Daz users are still an important part of our community.

Thank you, that means allot. Congratulations to 'Rosity for this amazing acquisition. Maybe now, wishful thinking I guess, that perhaps proper code can happen to get the newer DS native figures into Poser?? In any case happy for the community! PEACE!

That's probably not going to happen. DAZ has been rather one way on support as of late. I realise that a lot of users want Genesis to work in Poser, but no talk about getting Poser figures to work in Studio. But hey, if you think Poser can do it, why can't DS?

Perhaps Bondware will be the company that finally addresses the desperate need for an updated cloth room (real time simulations would be nice!), and maybe vendors will return to making quality props for Poser. One can hope . . .

I certainly hope this saves Poser. I popped over because I was curious that all my privileges had disappeared at SM and nothing had been posted in 7 hours. An e-mail broadcast might be nice!

anupaum posted at 3:24PM Thu, 20 June 2019 - #4353694

Perhaps Bondware will be the company that finally addresses the desperate need for an updated cloth room (real time simulations would be nice!), and maybe vendors will return to making quality props for Poser. One can hope . . .

Poser currently can do real time cloth room simulations by using Bullet physics. Renderosity does have some tutorials on Bullet Physics and how to use it. Look it up on the 3D Content Directory. Here's one directly on point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN-G4yxPOXs&list=PLC64E6CEADA3BCC13&index=6

Maybe this will also get Daz to figure out that it needs to think more cross-platform as well.....

Oh, who am I kidding......... LOL

I think Daz has its hands full with 4.11 now.

Even though I have no say in the matter whatsoever, can I begin the motion for BagginsBill to be the official guru of all things lighting?

I daresay he serves it. :> I personally feel bad because I've been away from my latest version of Poser (PP2012, mind you) since about a year after its release.. and thus have forgotten so much. I'm going to have to re-read the forum posts where I asked things, because I hate asking someone for help on something I was already told.. :)

I use Poser Pro 11, and Renderosity is my main source for new materials. So congrats as are in order!

[EClark1894] .

Poser currently can do real time cloth room simulations by using Bullet physics. Renderosity does have some tutorials on Bullet Physics and how to use it. Look it up on the 3D Content Directory. Here's one directly on point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN-G4yxPOXs&list=PLC64E6CEADA3BCC13&index=6

I've not been able to get bullet physics to work in Poser Pro 11. I had a LONG thread of interaction with John at SmithMicro about this, and we were never able to make it work. I'd like to see simulation functionality like we get with Marvelous Designer in the cloth room. That would be really nice!

Interesting news, but what does that mean for the future of this software? You're a content developer/store, not a software developer at all. You bought Poser, but did you get a staff of developers with it as well? This move can be a good thing or the end of Poser. Will it face the same fate as all of the awesome software DAZ bought, namely Carrara 3D, Bryce 3D and Hexagon 3D...... ending up dead due to lack of know-how? Buying software is the easy part, modernizing, enhancing and improving it is something else. Did you get the technical know-how on the software as well? Do you have people that can actually take Poser to the next level? Congrats and let's hope Poser doesn't end up in the clearance department in time to come.

anupaum posted at 7:20PM Thu, 20 June 2019 - #4353760

[EClark1894] .

Poser currently can do real time cloth room simulations by using Bullet physics. Renderosity does have some tutorials on Bullet Physics and how to use it. Look it up on the 3D Content Directory. Here's one directly on point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN-G4yxPOXs&list=PLC64E6CEADA3BCC13&index=6

I've not been able to get bullet physics to work in Poser Pro 11. I had a LONG thread of interaction with John at SmithMicro about this, and we were never able to make it work. I'd like to see simulation functionality like we get with Marvelous Designer in the cloth room. That would be really nice!

Well, all I can do is point you towards the help. Bullet Cloth

EClark1894 posted at 4:23PM Thu, 20 June 2019 - #4353768

Well, all I can do is point you towards the help. Bullet Cloth

I know. It just doesn't work in Poser Pro 11. They really need to fix the cloth room.

That is a surprise. Not really been following anything to do with Poser for a while as I moved to using Blender for most things a while back. I still use my Poser Pro 2012 and old content sometimes though. Not entirely sure what I think about this. I hope Poser doesn't go the way of software Daz bought, like Bryce.

IMHO. The sale was not entirely unexpected. It was just a question of who.

Ross will be happy

Interesting news for sure.

Sort of off topic, but the implementation of Bullet used in Poser really isn't for doing cloth.... It uses low poly hulls and you're far better off using the regular cloth engine. You can use bullet on constraints, etc. But it doesnt work so well on cloth even when it works....

I do wish Renderosity lots of life to Poser. Maybe we can get more features like export to VR-able models ;)

aeilkema posted at 9:44PM Thu, 20 June 2019 - #4353767

Interesting news, but what does that mean for the future of this software? You're a content developer/store, not a software developer at all. You bought Poser, but did you get a staff of developers with it as well? This move can be a good thing or the end of Poser. Will it face the same fate as all of the awesome software DAZ bought, namely Carrara 3D, Bryce 3D and Hexagon 3D...... ending up dead due to lack of know-how? Buying software is the easy part, modernizing, enhancing and improving it is something else. Did you get the technical know-how on the software as well? Do you have people that can actually take Poser to the next level? Congrats and let's hope Poser doesn't end up in the clearance department in time to come.

Excuse me, but Bondware IS a software developer. They develop and market the software that runs the Renderosity site.

So what is happening with the development of poser ? are the programmers coming over or is it just going to sit there like it did at SM. I still think you should try and get DAZ figures into poser as they are a mile ahead for looks sorry no disrespect intended.

well, I posted a comment, but it disappeared. my question is will Content Paradise be part of Renderosity now? I have loved Poser since 2000 or there about. is there any talk about enabling poser to function with the newest d.studio base characters?

Interesting how things work out. Renderosity was the 1st place I discovered outside of DAZ 3D when I was a D|S user so was how I actually discovered Poser.

Congrats on the acquisition. I went from DS to DS/Poser, and now fully back to DS, but still interested to see where things go from here.

Glitterati3D posted at 7:54PM Thu, 20 June 2019 - #4353806

Excuse me, but Bondware IS a software developer. They develop and market the software that runs the Renderosity site.

I think he's referring more to desktop software development. It depends on what languages Bondware's web frameworks run on and if they utilize any desktop software dev languages where the knowledge can cross over (ie using something like C/C++ in the backend). For instance, like Blender, Poser utilizes scripts and such written in Python, but at it's core Blender is written in C. I don't know what Poser's core is written in.

Vaskania posted at 11:32PM Thu, 20 June 2019 - #4353817

Congrats on the acquisition. I went from DS to DS/Poser, and now fully back to DS, but still interested to see where things go from here.

Glitterati3D posted at 7:54PM Thu, 20 June 2019 - #4353806

Excuse me, but Bondware IS a software developer. They develop and market the software that runs the Renderosity site.

I think he's referring more to desktop software development. It depends on what languages Bondware's web frameworks run on and if they utilize any desktop software dev languages where the knowledge can cross over (ie using something like C/C++ in the backend). For instance, like Blender, Poser utilizes scripts and such written in Python, but at it's core Blender is written in C. I don't know what Poser's core is written in.

The important thing being, though, that they understand the development cycle and how to evaluate a market.

I'm quite OK with Renderosity being the new owners of Poser. As they sell content too, they have an extra stake et keeping Poser alive. So congratulations.

There is one thing I'm a bit confused about.

Regular, non-pro Poser 11. The version I own.

It seems to be no longer on sale. Poser 11 Pro is the only version in town right now.

I read in another thread you can't even upgrade from regular Poser 11 to Poser 11 Pro, even if I have no current desire to do so.

Is it still supported at all? As in service upgrades, etc?

Interesting news. I've one technical question though, will I still be able to re-download my copy of poser 11 pro via the smith micro software downloader? Or will that be transferred to renderosity? Or how will that work? I had to redownlad recently because poser crashed so I'd rather be on the safe side about this^^